From Ancient Greekἀνατολή ‎(anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω ‎(anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά ‎(aná, “up”) + τέλλω ‎(téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.